Craft Group

This year, the Stitch Gatherers group bring you some old-world charm for the Biggest Morning Tea, with the sweet fragrance of lavender and the timeless beauty of lace. To be held at the Community Hall on Saturday 5 May, the official start time is 10.00am but you might like to roll up at 9.30 to grab a bargain from the special sale table.

Cancer has touched many residents of the Cove and surrounding areas so the Stitch Gatherers Group would welcome entries for the craft competition that can be auctioned or...

Although attendance was down a little on previous years, the North Arm Cove Biggest Morning Tea still managed to raise $1,700 for the Cancer Council. The Stitch Gatherers group were delighted with the result, attributing the slightly lower numbers to the fact that many residents were absent from the Cove on the day.

The decision to feature coat hangers, cushions and doorstops was a great success and the entries were so many and varied that judges Emma, Joanne and Shawna asked for more prizes to be awarded. Competition winners came from both the North...

That's the theme of this year's Biggest Morning Tea where you will be presented with an amazing array of hand crafted coathangers, cushions and doorstops.

Last year the Teddy Bear’s Picnic raised over $2,000 and a good proportion of that amount was from the sale of hand crafted bears and dolls. So this year, the Stitch Gatherers group decided to come up with some items that would not only be saleable, but useful around the home.

As usual, there will be prizes for the best hand crafted items, which can be made...

There's nothing more pleasurable than finding a hidden treasure at your local op-shop, so when Kay Furley of the North Arm Cove Stitch Gatherers group found an unfinished craft project for the princely sum of $3.00 she snapped it up eagerly.

Imagine Kay's dismay when she got it home and found the instructions were seven pages long and pretty darn complicated. Kay brought the project along to the next meeting and all the ladies agreed that it was a daunting task. Imagine their surprise when at the next meeting Kay presented...

The Stitch Gatherers Group were hoping that funds raised at this year's Biggest Morning Tea & Teddy Bears Picnic would at least equal last year's total of $1,550. How about a whopping $2,150 - that's an amazing amount for a small community and just proves that North Arm Cove residents are prepared to dig deep for a good cause.

Raffles and auctions helped to raise this record amount and a highlight of the day was the "Big Ted" raffle and weight guessing...